the red crayola: parable of arable land (stereo) LP
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Code: IALP2PSYFI
Label: Charly
Condition: Brand New
Artist: the red crayola
Title: parable of arable land (stereo)

  • The Texan Psych legends push boundaries on their 1967 debut album
  • An Original International Artists Recording
  • Stereo Edition – New Analogue Mastering
  • A groundbreaking recording whose experimental parts create one mind-expanding sonic whole
  • 140g black vinyl comes in a reverse-board printed sleeve

The first—and finest—album by The Red Crayola, a band revered in psychedelic circles for creating some of the strangest, most inventive music of the era, sounding like nothing else to emerge from the 1960s.

Right at the outer edge of psychedelia, The Parable Of Arable Land shatters convention and hurls a free-form, anti-rock blast of sound at the listener. A clear forerunner of avant-garde noise, industrial, and experimental rock, the record unfolds as a continuous suite built around seven improvisations dubbed “Free Form Freak-Out.” These untethered jams—driven by pounding drums, fuzzed-out guitars, and eerie whistling textures—were performed by a crowd of more than 50 participants known as “The Familiar Ugly,” with notable instrumental appearances from 13th Floor Elevators frontman Roky Erickson.

As each “Free Form Freak-Out” reaches its breaking point, it dissolves seamlessly into tighter, more structured songs crafted by the core band: Mayo Thompson (guitar, vocals), Frederick Barthelme (drums), and Steve Cunningham (bass). The result is an immersive, mind-expanding trip through sound—an essential document from one of the ’60s most visionary outfits, and still a thrilling, challenging listen nearly six decades later.

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Track Listing:

    SIDE A
  • Free Form Freak-Out #1
  • Hurricane Fighter Plane
  • Free Form Freak-Out #2
  • Transparent Radiation
  • Free Form Freak-Out #3
  • War Sucks
  • SIDE B
  • Free Form Freak-Out #4
  • Pink Stainless Tail
  • Free Form Freak-Out #5
  • Parable Of The Arable Land
  • Free Form Freak-Out #6
  • Former Reflections Enduring Doubt


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